If we view things in that light, where everything is a projection of the mind, then we might have a different attitude toward happiness and suffering. It is all our minds’ perception. Everything we experience is filtered through our mental conditioning. In a sauna, for example, the same intense heat that we find oppressive outdoors on a very hot summer’s day is now something we have paid money for. Maybe we go to work every day, to the same office, with the same people; on some days it’s heaven and on other days it’s hell. In a relationship, the same person can feel different to us every
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